More than ever this week, please keep ALL conversation about who wins in this thread ONLY until Sunday 10AM Singapore time= Sat 10PM for those of us in the US (East Coast). To avoid spoiling someone who might not want to know, please put any post race interviews/pictures, etc here until then, and I'll move them to the racer's own threads later.

Those who will have not seen the show yet will need to ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK! There will be spoilers about who won, and who didn't, for sure, and other details about the leg.

This week's THANK YOU's go first to the RACERS for all the joy and entertainment they have brought us. You made us laugh, you made us cry, you made us scream at our TV's-- for making this a season to remember!We would love for you to stop by once you can and say hi!

And next to ALL of the RFF team who contributed here with your time, your energy, your recaps, your spoilers, your speculations. It was thanks to you all that we had the fun of speculating on the outcomes and tracking down the locations. You did a FABULOUS job and I am so thankful for each and every one of you! Please continue to join us as we work on the new TAR 14 race as well!!

And thanks also to those who have asked not to be acknowledged publicly. Please know that your info and tips were treasured.

And to those who have found their way here as readers and lurkers--we are glad you came and hope you will join in the fun!

So many thanks to you all for making this a fun season--I loved every second and hope you all did too!

peach

« Last Edit: November 20, 2008, 03:30:10 PM by georgiapeach »

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

However, there is an walk camels in the desert task that will take an unknown amount of time to get to and do it. Assume that the total of those is 1 hour.

With a minimum 2.5 hour drive back to the Muscat Airport, the earliest teams can arrive is:Ida/Tania 620am Geoff/Tisha 630amSam/Vince 1100am

I'm going to say that they may have to be a bit later to the airport as the desert task seems to be occuring in full sunlight...not in early AM light,

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They all should also be able to catch EK6479 MCT DXB 1335 1440 (there are also equivalent earlier flights) connecting with TG522 DXB BKK 1755 0505+1. It is now Sunday June 8. The flights they can catch are from Bangkok on Sunday are different than the ones for Saturday:

Clearly teams drive themselves to the desert and have some difficulties as we see both Tania and Geoff attempting to push their stuck vehicles:

The heat will be brutal, esp for S/V if they are 4 hours later than the others:

Roadblock?Lead a camel across the desert...

If Sam's camel bolts--he may lose significant time chasing it down:

Where do they go next?

We have several good indications that this is indeed Thailand:Neobie and snapon confirmed the boats:That long-tail boat with the cloth tied to the end... Has got to be southern Thailand?! (The cloth's to appease the sea spirits...)

Both the "palm fringed beaches" and the surrounding silhouettes seem to match well.

I think it is also likely that the actual beaches may be either Bophut or Mae Nam, based on appearances. (thumbnails--click-click)

We also know that some of the Singha beer moments of banter that banzai has shared with us were filmed at the Santiburi resort, which is also reported to be the "elimination Station"/Sequesterville for the racers. This resort is located on Mae Nam beach, making it the top contender in my mind.

What will they do?

We see Tania/Ida looking unstressed in this Thai boat:

We believe there is another "roadblock"/task done by Vince involving swimmimg and memory:

Remember this from kaad back in early October?? (I think cats should read chickens, )

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During the race, some of the tasks need to pick one team member to do it alone (which mean Roadblock), they can decide which one to do it based on what the clue had said. Although they have different strength , but it's actually hard to make the decision. "Once, the clue said that it needs to swim, so we chose Vince, but it turned out the task also involved mental part;And another time, the clue said something about cat, I love cat, so i got to do that, but i found out ...the task was requesting to move a bunch of cats.(it said "more than ten", i guess it's about 30-80)",Sam said.

as well as the fact that they have been allowed to give us those wonderful weekly blogs...so I am not willing to rule them out yet either. The underdog edit can sometimes be a clue as well.

So for me-- I LOVE not knowing who wins right now, and will be looking forward to finally seeing the ep later on!

In the meantime, I'll be here at 8 for any available updates!

« Last Edit: November 20, 2008, 06:44:53 AM by georgiapeach »

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

I was afraid of no live updates and we are all on pins and needles here!

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

(take these with a grain of salt--I am not getting a clear order of events here, )

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

I am reporting third hand here so have no answers --maybe Cabio can fill us in?

I'd like to hear about WHERE on Phuket they were and more about what "Pull" and "Plunge" were, too!

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan